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The Battery Breakthrough We’ve Been Waiting for?

4/7/2015 6:31PM

Scientists at Stanford say they’ve created an aluminum-ion battery that solves many of the problems with lithium-ion and alkaline batteries. Is this a miracle breakthrough? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.

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so is this the moment we've all been waiting for ... when a higher capacity longer lasting ... faster shorting ... safer couple ... cheaper battery comes along to solve the world's problems scientists at Stanford University say they've made a battery break for ... a high performance aluminum battery ... but don't run loses yet ... what's different about the aluminum ion battery buzz car batteries fall into one of two packets of Kool and a retreat from seat of power electronic devices for decades with him on batteries introduced in the early nineties at the old ... energy density is made possible the cellphones collective coffers ... now comes the possible sort of way the new experimental aluminum while not be ... made of aluminum graphite illiquid how should it offers its inventors some potential is huge damage ... it charges quickly to stamp of researchers ... working on down to a minute it as ... it doesn't seem to lose capacity even after repeated charges and they say it's far less likely the person the flames them with him I'll ... respect that they are high fifteen that's really out ... and a half to listen Welcome taffy and a veteran Lafite likewise no one made an aluminum ion battery before they tried but most through types of died after several re charges the battery was able to maintain its capacity within seven thousand recharge its many more than current with him I know that it's what hurdles remain ... the severed ties to say there's lots of basic research still down Tesla the lawn musky and a battery breakthroughs need to state power and energy density for NASA scientists and admit that the energy density of their battery thus the amount of how they can be held within a given amount of battery space ... is lower than with the mild lift ... Regulus ideal for Carter's but perhaps a future way to store energy from the electrical grid ... and anyone about her invention does will tell you ... getting from the lab to mass produce fuel cell ... is extremely difficult ... the short answer